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Speculoscopy is a procedure in which a special blue-white light (Speculite) is used to examine thecervix for cancerous or pre-cancerous lesions.
Acetic acid is applied to the cervix, it is let sit for 60 seconds, then the cervix is examined with 4-6x magnification. The light is generated by achemiluminescent light stick, which is attached to the inner side of the upper blade of thevaginal speculum by an adhesive strip. The test can be used to complement apap smear in screening ofcervical cancer. A negative speculoscopy, along with a negative pap smear provides greater assurance of absence of disease.[citation needed]
It was developed in 1988.[1] It was FDA approved as an add-on to Pap smear screening in 1995.[1]
At this time there is no CPT/HCPCS code for this and most medical insurance companies do not cover this procedure.
Light strip provides light for 15–20 minutes.
